22 feb 2018
A young Palestinian man was hit on Thursday evening by a vehicle driven by an Israeli settler near the central West Bank city of Salfit.
Local sources said Mohamed Fares, from Deir Istiya town, was hit by the settler near the village of Fundeq in Salfit.
The young man was evacuated to the hospital while the settler fled the scene.
Separately, an Israeli settler was seen using an evacuated military camp, located in the Jordan Valley, as Cattle feeding barns.
Local activist Aref Daraghmeh affirmed that the settler used Taysir camp to live in under the protection of Israeli forces.
Taysir camp was evacuated in 2015, however; Israeli forces remained stationed in a near military checkpoint.
The lives of Palestinians residing in the West Bank are interrupted on a near daily basis due to presence of settlers who are often protected by Israeli military forces.
Local sources said Mohamed Fares, from Deir Istiya town, was hit by the settler near the village of Fundeq in Salfit.
The young man was evacuated to the hospital while the settler fled the scene.
Separately, an Israeli settler was seen using an evacuated military camp, located in the Jordan Valley, as Cattle feeding barns.
Local activist Aref Daraghmeh affirmed that the settler used Taysir camp to live in under the protection of Israeli forces.
Taysir camp was evacuated in 2015, however; Israeli forces remained stationed in a near military checkpoint.
The lives of Palestinians residing in the West Bank are interrupted on a near daily basis due to presence of settlers who are often protected by Israeli military forces.
Two US congressmen escorted by Israeli settlers and policemen stormed Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque on Thursday morning.
In a video uploaded online, Scott Tipton of Colorado and David McKinley of West Virginia defiled al-Aqsa Mosque as part of the morning break-in shift routinely carried out by Israeli settler hordes.
A PIC news correspondent said olive branches were stolen from al-Aqsa during the break-in.
The assault makes part of Israeli attempts to alter the status quo at al-Aqsa—the third holiest site in Islam.
The US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital last month has given Israel green light to step up Judaization schemes in the holy city.
In a video uploaded online, Scott Tipton of Colorado and David McKinley of West Virginia defiled al-Aqsa Mosque as part of the morning break-in shift routinely carried out by Israeli settler hordes.
A PIC news correspondent said olive branches were stolen from al-Aqsa during the break-in.
The assault makes part of Israeli attempts to alter the status quo at al-Aqsa—the third holiest site in Islam.
The US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital last month has given Israel green light to step up Judaization schemes in the holy city.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday evening, a young Palestinian man, and assaulted another, after the army invaded the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank.
Media sources said dozens of soldiers gathered at the main entrance of the town, and attacked Palestinian protesters with live fire, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs.
They added that the soldiers abducted a young man, and took him to an unknown destination, in addition to assaulting and wounding another.
In related news, many army vehicles invade Kifl Hares town, in Salfit governorate in northwestern West Bank, and closed all its roads to allow groups of colonialist settlers to visit ecological sites.
Palestinians Kept Indoors as Jewish Settlers Storm West Bank Village
The Israeli army forced Palestinians, in the village Kufl Haris, near Salfit, in the north of the West Bank, to stay indoors on Wednesday night, to make it possible for Jewish extremists to storm the village and perform rituals there, according to residents.
They told WAFA that the army raided the village, shut down all roads and ordered Palestinians to stay off the streets as groups of fanatic settlers went around the village performing rituals at sites they claim were holy to them.
Declaring sites in Palestinian areas as holy to Jews is usually a prelude for takeover of the area and the construction of a settlement.
Media sources said dozens of soldiers gathered at the main entrance of the town, and attacked Palestinian protesters with live fire, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs.
They added that the soldiers abducted a young man, and took him to an unknown destination, in addition to assaulting and wounding another.
In related news, many army vehicles invade Kifl Hares town, in Salfit governorate in northwestern West Bank, and closed all its roads to allow groups of colonialist settlers to visit ecological sites.
Palestinians Kept Indoors as Jewish Settlers Storm West Bank Village
The Israeli army forced Palestinians, in the village Kufl Haris, near Salfit, in the north of the West Bank, to stay indoors on Wednesday night, to make it possible for Jewish extremists to storm the village and perform rituals there, according to residents.
They told WAFA that the army raided the village, shut down all roads and ordered Palestinians to stay off the streets as groups of fanatic settlers went around the village performing rituals at sites they claim were holy to them.
Declaring sites in Palestinian areas as holy to Jews is usually a prelude for takeover of the area and the construction of a settlement.
A number of Palestinians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at daybreak Thursday in abduction sweeps rocking the West Bank.
The Israeli forces wreaked havoc on civilian homes in Salfit’s northern town of Deir Estiya and kidnapped four Palestinians, among them the two brothers Khalil and Thaer Hakim.
At the same time, hundreds of Israeli settlers stormed Kafl Haris town, north of Salfit, allegedly to carry out religious rituals at holy shrines.
Eye-witnesses, said Israeli army patrols rolled into Kafl Haris late at night, sealed off the main entrances to the town, and cordoned off residential neighborhoods, shortly before hundreds of settlers showed up in the area and performed sacrilegious rituals.
At the same time, Israeli troops broke into civilian homes in Tulkarem’s Nour refugee camp and aggressively attacked Palestinian inhabitants, before they kidnapped three young men. Another Palestinian was kidnapped by the IOF at the crack of dawn from the city.
Palestinian citizen Wajih Awad was also kidnapped by the IOF from Bethlehem province.
Overnight, extremist Israeli settlers stormed Palestinian lands in the evacuated Homesh settlement, near Silat al-Dhuhr town, south of Jenin, and stoned Palestinian vehicles parked in the area. The settlers also yelled “death to Muslims and Arabs”.
Israeli patrols showed up in the area moments later to protect the Israeli assailants.
Settlers Attack Palestinians near Jenin
Israeli settlers attacked, on Wednesday, Palestinian vehicles near the town of Silat al-Zohor, to the south of West Bank city Jenin, and shouted anti-Arab slogans.
Witnesses confirmed that settlers deployed near the settlement of “Homesh”, and attacked the vehicles of citizens and threw stones, amid racial chants.
They pointed out, according to Al Ray, that the settlers’ aggression continued until late last night.
Settlers frequently return to the location of the evacuated settlement between the towns of Barqa and Silat al-Zohor and attacked Palestinian vehicles, farmers and shepherds.
The Israeli forces wreaked havoc on civilian homes in Salfit’s northern town of Deir Estiya and kidnapped four Palestinians, among them the two brothers Khalil and Thaer Hakim.
At the same time, hundreds of Israeli settlers stormed Kafl Haris town, north of Salfit, allegedly to carry out religious rituals at holy shrines.
Eye-witnesses, said Israeli army patrols rolled into Kafl Haris late at night, sealed off the main entrances to the town, and cordoned off residential neighborhoods, shortly before hundreds of settlers showed up in the area and performed sacrilegious rituals.
At the same time, Israeli troops broke into civilian homes in Tulkarem’s Nour refugee camp and aggressively attacked Palestinian inhabitants, before they kidnapped three young men. Another Palestinian was kidnapped by the IOF at the crack of dawn from the city.
Palestinian citizen Wajih Awad was also kidnapped by the IOF from Bethlehem province.
Overnight, extremist Israeli settlers stormed Palestinian lands in the evacuated Homesh settlement, near Silat al-Dhuhr town, south of Jenin, and stoned Palestinian vehicles parked in the area. The settlers also yelled “death to Muslims and Arabs”.
Israeli patrols showed up in the area moments later to protect the Israeli assailants.
Settlers Attack Palestinians near Jenin
Israeli settlers attacked, on Wednesday, Palestinian vehicles near the town of Silat al-Zohor, to the south of West Bank city Jenin, and shouted anti-Arab slogans.
Witnesses confirmed that settlers deployed near the settlement of “Homesh”, and attacked the vehicles of citizens and threw stones, amid racial chants.
They pointed out, according to Al Ray, that the settlers’ aggression continued until late last night.
Settlers frequently return to the location of the evacuated settlement between the towns of Barqa and Silat al-Zohor and attacked Palestinian vehicles, farmers and shepherds.
21 feb 2018
Israeli settlers began, on Wednesday morning, building a new settlement to the south of Nablus, in the occupied northern West Bank, a settlement that was recognized as a substitute for the outpost Amona, which was evacuated last year.
According to Al Ray, settlers brought many residential caravans to the outpost near the settlement of Shilo, located between Nablus and Ramallah, where the settlement is expected to house 300 settlers, in the first stage.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised colonial settlers that he would build a new settlement in place of the evacuated settlement, while the settlers chose their location near the settlement of “Shilo”, in the mountains south of Nablus, and called the settlement “Amihai”.
According to Al Ray, settlers brought many residential caravans to the outpost near the settlement of Shilo, located between Nablus and Ramallah, where the settlement is expected to house 300 settlers, in the first stage.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised colonial settlers that he would build a new settlement in place of the evacuated settlement, while the settlers chose their location near the settlement of “Shilo”, in the mountains south of Nablus, and called the settlement “Amihai”.
On Wednesday morning, the Israeli company “Kelvon” began installing mobile homes at the work site of the new “Amihai” settlement, on the lands of Jalud village, in Nablus governorate.
Ghassan Douglass, who is responsible for the settlement files in the northern West Bank, said that the southern area of the village of Jalud has been witnessing, since the morning hours, an active movement of trucks carrying mobile homes, amid intensive presence of settlers and occupation forces in the region.
He explained, according to the PNN, that 50 of these houses are placed at the site of “Amihai” settlement in basin 16, known as “Mount Abu al-Rukhm”, to temporarily housing the residents of “Amona” until the completion of the new settlement.
Daghlas warned of the high rate of settlement and the seizure of more Palestinian land.
Ghassan Douglass, who is responsible for the settlement files in the northern West Bank, said that the southern area of the village of Jalud has been witnessing, since the morning hours, an active movement of trucks carrying mobile homes, amid intensive presence of settlers and occupation forces in the region.
He explained, according to the PNN, that 50 of these houses are placed at the site of “Amihai” settlement in basin 16, known as “Mount Abu al-Rukhm”, to temporarily housing the residents of “Amona” until the completion of the new settlement.
Daghlas warned of the high rate of settlement and the seizure of more Palestinian land.
Extremist settlers on Wednesday slaughtered some ten sheep and assaulted their owner in Eainabous town to the south of Nablus city in the northern West Bank.
The Palestinian official of settlement in the northern West Bank, Ghassan Daghlas, said that a group of 15 settlers of Yitzhar nearby illegal settlement attacked a Palestinian farmer, Thafer Rayyan, while herding in the northern skirts of the town and assaulted him violently.
The Palestinian official of settlement in the northern West Bank, Ghassan Daghlas, said that a group of 15 settlers of Yitzhar nearby illegal settlement attacked a Palestinian farmer, Thafer Rayyan, while herding in the northern skirts of the town and assaulted him violently.
The Palestinian Authority (PA) forces in the occupied West Bank handed over on Wednesday morning three settlers carrying drugs to the Israeli occupation authorities after they arrested them in al-Khalil province.
Eye-witnesses told a PIC news correspondent that settlers carrying drugs showed up in Abu Ekteila neighborhood, in al-Khalil, before they were spotted by the PA forces and returned to the occupation authorities.
The locals protested the measure and called for taking legal action against the Israeli settlers.
Eye-witnesses told a PIC news correspondent that settlers carrying drugs showed up in Abu Ekteila neighborhood, in al-Khalil, before they were spotted by the PA forces and returned to the occupation authorities.
The locals protested the measure and called for taking legal action against the Israeli settlers.
20 feb 2018
Dozens of Israeli settlers on Tuesday evening flocked to the crossroads of Beita town, south of Nablus, sparking terror in the area.
Local sources said that Israeli settlers hurled stones at Palestinians driving near Beita’s bypass road.
Israeli soldiers showed up in the area to protect the settlers.
Terror acts and violence by Israeli settlers residing in the occupied West Bank have reached a peak. Settler crimes include theft property, land confiscation, arson attacks, and car-ramming attacks, among other crimes.
Local sources said that Israeli settlers hurled stones at Palestinians driving near Beita’s bypass road.
Israeli soldiers showed up in the area to protect the settlers.
Terror acts and violence by Israeli settlers residing in the occupied West Bank have reached a peak. Settler crimes include theft property, land confiscation, arson attacks, and car-ramming attacks, among other crimes.
A Palestinian activist was injured on Tuesday morning after his vehicle was targeted with stones by Israeli settlers near the entrance to Beita town south of Nablus city.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that dozens of settlers rallied near the settlement outpost Avitar, which is being removed by the Israeli forces, and attacked the Palestinian citizens moving on a nearby road.
They said that the anti-settlement activist Zakaria al-Sadda was slightly injured in the face after Israeli settlers threw stones at his car smashing its windshield.
A Palestinian ambulance rushed to the scene to provide first aid to al-Sadda, according to the witnesses.
The Israeli occupation forces in the early morning hours started to remove a newly-established settlement outpost in Jabal Sbeih area in Beita following a wave of anger and protest in the town.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that dozens of settlers rallied near the settlement outpost Avitar, which is being removed by the Israeli forces, and attacked the Palestinian citizens moving on a nearby road.
They said that the anti-settlement activist Zakaria al-Sadda was slightly injured in the face after Israeli settlers threw stones at his car smashing its windshield.
A Palestinian ambulance rushed to the scene to provide first aid to al-Sadda, according to the witnesses.
The Israeli occupation forces in the early morning hours started to remove a newly-established settlement outpost in Jabal Sbeih area in Beita following a wave of anger and protest in the town.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Tuesday morning started to remove a settlement outpost recently established by Israeli settlers in Beita town south of Nablus city.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that a large number of IOF soldiers stormed Jabal Sbeih in Beita town accompanied by Israeli bulldozers to remove the caravans erected by the settlers in the area.
They added that a group of Israeli settlers rallied in the area to protest the removal of the outpost and attacked Palestinian vehicles passing on a nearby road.
Israeli settlers in recent weeks have set up a number of caravans in preparation for the establishment of a new settlement outpost named Avitar on privately-owned Palestinian lands belonging to the villages of Beita, Qabalan and Yatma.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that a large number of IOF soldiers stormed Jabal Sbeih in Beita town accompanied by Israeli bulldozers to remove the caravans erected by the settlers in the area.
They added that a group of Israeli settlers rallied in the area to protest the removal of the outpost and attacked Palestinian vehicles passing on a nearby road.
Israeli settlers in recent weeks have set up a number of caravans in preparation for the establishment of a new settlement outpost named Avitar on privately-owned Palestinian lands belonging to the villages of Beita, Qabalan and Yatma.
19 feb 2018
The family of a young Palestinian man from occupied Jerusalem has reported, Monday, that their son suffered moderate wounds, last Wednesday, when a group of extremist Israeli colonizers attacked him as he was leaving al-Aqsa Mosque.
Maysoon al-Moghrabi said that her son, Mustafa Ibrahim al-Moghrabi, 20, was attacked by a group of extremist colonizers, just as he, and other worshipers, were leaving the Al-Aqsa Mosque, before he was rushed to a hospital in the city.
The attack left him bleeding and caused a fracture in his nose in addition to fatigue, various cuts and bruises; he was later discharged and sent home after receiving the needed treatment.
On Saturday evening, the police summoned him for interrogation and forced him under house arrest until his court session for today, Monday.
The wounded young man is facing charges that include “assaulting settlers,” although he was attacked by them while leaving the mosque.
Furthermore, the two young men, Osama Halhouli and Mohammad Awad, who provided Mustafa with the urgently needed first aid, were transferred to Haifa under a five-day exclusion order denying them entry to Jerusalem, until a judge deliberates in their case today. Video
Maysoon al-Moghrabi said that her son, Mustafa Ibrahim al-Moghrabi, 20, was attacked by a group of extremist colonizers, just as he, and other worshipers, were leaving the Al-Aqsa Mosque, before he was rushed to a hospital in the city.
The attack left him bleeding and caused a fracture in his nose in addition to fatigue, various cuts and bruises; he was later discharged and sent home after receiving the needed treatment.
On Saturday evening, the police summoned him for interrogation and forced him under house arrest until his court session for today, Monday.
The wounded young man is facing charges that include “assaulting settlers,” although he was attacked by them while leaving the mosque.
Furthermore, the two young men, Osama Halhouli and Mohammad Awad, who provided Mustafa with the urgently needed first aid, were transferred to Haifa under a five-day exclusion order denying them entry to Jerusalem, until a judge deliberates in their case today. Video
An Israeli bill that allows the Israeli government to slash funds to the Palestinian Authority (PA) because of salaries paid to Palestinian prisoners and their families was approved on Sunday, in a move condemned by activists as “an act of piracy.”
Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved the bill, which calls for deducting welfare payments paid to the prisoners and their families from the tax revenues that Israel transfers to the PA.
The bill will have to pass three readings in the Knesset plenum before it becomes law.
According to Israeli news outlets, the bill would see Israel cut around NIS 1 billion ($285 million) from the annual tax revenues it allegedly hands over to the PA.
The bill was initiated by opposition Yesh Atid MK Elazar Stern.
The funds that Israel is planning to deduct would be funneled to Israeli settlers and settlement projects across the occupied Palestinian territories.
Reacting to the decision of the Ministerial Committee for Legislation, many activists denounced the move as an act of piracy and flagrant theft of money.
The approval of the bill comes in the context of the campaign of incitement and hostility waged by the occupation government against the prisoners and the families of the martyrs and wounded anti-occupation protesters.
Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved the bill, which calls for deducting welfare payments paid to the prisoners and their families from the tax revenues that Israel transfers to the PA.
The bill will have to pass three readings in the Knesset plenum before it becomes law.
According to Israeli news outlets, the bill would see Israel cut around NIS 1 billion ($285 million) from the annual tax revenues it allegedly hands over to the PA.
The bill was initiated by opposition Yesh Atid MK Elazar Stern.
The funds that Israel is planning to deduct would be funneled to Israeli settlers and settlement projects across the occupied Palestinian territories.
Reacting to the decision of the Ministerial Committee for Legislation, many activists denounced the move as an act of piracy and flagrant theft of money.
The approval of the bill comes in the context of the campaign of incitement and hostility waged by the occupation government against the prisoners and the families of the martyrs and wounded anti-occupation protesters.
Israeli bulldozers on Monday morning leveled Palestinian lands near Rafafa settlement, illegally built on privately-owned land northwest of Salfit.
Speaking with a PIC news correspondent, eye-witnesses said Israeli bulldozers razed Palestinian lands northwest of Salfit and carried out excavations in an attempt to construct new settlement units near Rafafa’s southern corners.
Sources from Haris town warned of underway Israeli attempts to uproot dozens of olive trees so as to expand a settler’s bypass road in the area.
Expert in settlement affairs Khaled Maali said Israeli bulldozers continue to level Palestinian lands across Salfit around the clock for the benefit of illegal settlement expansion and infrastructure development.
Maali said such activities contravene international humanitarian law and Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention.
Speaking with a PIC news correspondent, eye-witnesses said Israeli bulldozers razed Palestinian lands northwest of Salfit and carried out excavations in an attempt to construct new settlement units near Rafafa’s southern corners.
Sources from Haris town warned of underway Israeli attempts to uproot dozens of olive trees so as to expand a settler’s bypass road in the area.
Expert in settlement affairs Khaled Maali said Israeli bulldozers continue to level Palestinian lands across Salfit around the clock for the benefit of illegal settlement expansion and infrastructure development.
Maali said such activities contravene international humanitarian law and Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention.
18 feb 2018
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on Sunday detained 14 Palestinian farmers for several hours after being attacked by a group of settlers east of al-Khalil, to the south of West Bank.
Local sources said that IOF detained the farmers for planting olive seedlings in their lands threatened with confiscation for settlement expansion.
Dozens of settlers had earlier gathered in the area threatening and ordering the farmers to leave the area under IOF protection.
The 14 farmers were later released while violent clashes broke out between local residents and IOF.
During the clashes, Israeli settlers opened gunfire at the locals.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Five Palestinians In Jenin, Salfit And Jerusalem, Briefly Detain 14 In Hebron
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday evening, one Palestinian near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, three others north of Salfit, in central West Bank, and a young woman in occupied Jerusalem, in addition to briefly detaining fourteen others in Hebron, in southern West Bank.
Media sources in Jenin said the soldiers abducted a young man, who remained unidentified at the time of this report, after stopping him outside the Salem military court, west of Jenin.
The soldiers also invaded Deir Istiya village, north of Salfit, searched homes and abducted Jihad Abdullah, 25, and his brother, Amjad, 17, in addition to their cousin Mohannad Abdullah, 25.
In addition, the soldiers detained and interrogated fourteen Palestinians, east of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, after a group of illegal colonialist settlers invaded Palestinian lands and tried to install an outpost.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers attacked the Palestinians, who were defending their lands, and briefly detained, and interrogated fourteen of them.
The soldiers did not detain or even question any of the illegal colonizers who invaded the Palestinian lands.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted a young woman at a security checkpoint leading to the District Court, allegedly after finding out “she carried a knife,” and moved her to an interrogation center.
Local sources said that IOF detained the farmers for planting olive seedlings in their lands threatened with confiscation for settlement expansion.
Dozens of settlers had earlier gathered in the area threatening and ordering the farmers to leave the area under IOF protection.
The 14 farmers were later released while violent clashes broke out between local residents and IOF.
During the clashes, Israeli settlers opened gunfire at the locals.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Five Palestinians In Jenin, Salfit And Jerusalem, Briefly Detain 14 In Hebron
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday evening, one Palestinian near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, three others north of Salfit, in central West Bank, and a young woman in occupied Jerusalem, in addition to briefly detaining fourteen others in Hebron, in southern West Bank.
Media sources in Jenin said the soldiers abducted a young man, who remained unidentified at the time of this report, after stopping him outside the Salem military court, west of Jenin.
The soldiers also invaded Deir Istiya village, north of Salfit, searched homes and abducted Jihad Abdullah, 25, and his brother, Amjad, 17, in addition to their cousin Mohannad Abdullah, 25.
In addition, the soldiers detained and interrogated fourteen Palestinians, east of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, after a group of illegal colonialist settlers invaded Palestinian lands and tried to install an outpost.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers attacked the Palestinians, who were defending their lands, and briefly detained, and interrogated fourteen of them.
The soldiers did not detain or even question any of the illegal colonizers who invaded the Palestinian lands.
In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted a young woman at a security checkpoint leading to the District Court, allegedly after finding out “she carried a knife,” and moved her to an interrogation center.
Extremist Israeli settlers, backed by Israeli special forces and rapid intervention troops, continued on Wednesday morning with ritual intrusions into the courtyards of al-Aqsa Mosque compound, via the Moroccan gate.
Jerusalemite sources reported, according to Al Ray, that Israeli police opened the gate at 7:30 am, in preparation for the settlers’ arrival,
The sources added that the settlers carried out provocative tours in the mosque’s courtyards and received discussions on the so-called “Temple Mount”.
They added that Muslims worshipers and students who were present at the mosque defended it with chanting and Takbeer (“Allahu Akhbar: God is Greatest!”).
Al-Aqsa mosque is now confronted on a daily basis, by extremist Israeli settlers who perform Talmudic rituals and desecrate the sanctity of the holy site.
Israel seeks, through such measures, to divide the temporal and spatial division of the mosque and to further Judaize the occupied city of Jerusalem.
It is the third holiest site in Islam and also venerated as Judaism’s most holy place, alleged to be the original site of Solomon’s Temple.
Disputes surrounding visitation to the site have historically flared tensions in the occupied Palestinian territory.
In 2003, the Israeli government unilaterally decided — despite the objections of the Islamic Endowments Department — to allow non-Muslim visitors into the complex.
Since then, under increasingly right-wing Israeli governments, extremist Jewish settlers have been allowed into the site in ever greater numbers — usually protected by Israeli security forces — while Palestinian access to the site has become increasingly restricted.
The number of Israeli settlers storming the holy site has risen since US president Donald Trump’s declaration of occupied Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Members of the so-called “Temple Mount” movement are publicly calling its followers to participate in wide scale mass raids on the holy site.
Jerusalemite sources reported, according to Al Ray, that Israeli police opened the gate at 7:30 am, in preparation for the settlers’ arrival,
The sources added that the settlers carried out provocative tours in the mosque’s courtyards and received discussions on the so-called “Temple Mount”.
They added that Muslims worshipers and students who were present at the mosque defended it with chanting and Takbeer (“Allahu Akhbar: God is Greatest!”).
Al-Aqsa mosque is now confronted on a daily basis, by extremist Israeli settlers who perform Talmudic rituals and desecrate the sanctity of the holy site.
Israel seeks, through such measures, to divide the temporal and spatial division of the mosque and to further Judaize the occupied city of Jerusalem.
It is the third holiest site in Islam and also venerated as Judaism’s most holy place, alleged to be the original site of Solomon’s Temple.
Disputes surrounding visitation to the site have historically flared tensions in the occupied Palestinian territory.
In 2003, the Israeli government unilaterally decided — despite the objections of the Islamic Endowments Department — to allow non-Muslim visitors into the complex.
Since then, under increasingly right-wing Israeli governments, extremist Jewish settlers have been allowed into the site in ever greater numbers — usually protected by Israeli security forces — while Palestinian access to the site has become increasingly restricted.
The number of Israeli settlers storming the holy site has risen since US president Donald Trump’s declaration of occupied Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Members of the so-called “Temple Mount” movement are publicly calling its followers to participate in wide scale mass raids on the holy site.
A group of Israeli settlers on Sunday morning assaulted a Palestinian young man who works as a bus driver in al-Khalil.
According to available information, the bus driver, who works for Egged company, was attacked by a group of settlers near Kiryat Arba settlement.
The bus driver Salah Abu Jamal, a resident of Occupied Jerusalem, was transferred to the hospital for treatment after he suffered multiple injuries and bruises.
Settlers' attacks against Palestinians have been stepped up recently including storming Palestinian towns and performing Talmudic rituals in Islamic shrines, spray painting racist slogans on houses' walls, uprooting olive trees and others.
According to available information, the bus driver, who works for Egged company, was attacked by a group of settlers near Kiryat Arba settlement.
The bus driver Salah Abu Jamal, a resident of Occupied Jerusalem, was transferred to the hospital for treatment after he suffered multiple injuries and bruises.
Settlers' attacks against Palestinians have been stepped up recently including storming Palestinian towns and performing Talmudic rituals in Islamic shrines, spray painting racist slogans on houses' walls, uprooting olive trees and others.
16 feb 2018
Israeli settlers heavily beat a Palestinian boy at nightfall Thursday as he strolled down the mountains of Jenin province.
Mayor of Jenin’s town of Silat al-Dhurh said 16-year-old Iyad Salama was aggressively beaten by Israeli settlers as he went for a walk with his friends on the mountains of Silat al-Dhuhr.
The boy sustained bruises all over his entire body as a result of the violent beating he had been made to endure.
Nearly 700,000 Israeli settlers live in 42 settlement outposts illegally built on Palestinian lands in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem. The settlements make up 46% of the overall area of West Bank land.
Mayor of Jenin’s town of Silat al-Dhurh said 16-year-old Iyad Salama was aggressively beaten by Israeli settlers as he went for a walk with his friends on the mountains of Silat al-Dhuhr.
The boy sustained bruises all over his entire body as a result of the violent beating he had been made to endure.
Nearly 700,000 Israeli settlers live in 42 settlement outposts illegally built on Palestinian lands in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem. The settlements make up 46% of the overall area of West Bank land.
